FIL Welcomed as Member of IWGA

from press release

The International World Games Association (IWGA) welcomed the
Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) as one of the three new
members to their Association. The delegates representing the 33
members of the IWGA voted in favor of admitting the FIL and the
International Floorball Federation (IFF) and the International
Muaythai Federation Amateur (IMFA), expanding their membership to
36 member federations.

Ron Froehlich, IWGA President, welcomed the increase in IWGA
membership. The IWGA is continuing to look for new sport
federations to become a part of the international community of
sport.

Tom Hayes, Director of FIL Development, and Ron Balls, Director
of FIL Finance, represented the FIL for President Stan Cockerton at
the IWGA General Assembly. Hayes and Ball made a presentation to
IWGA delegates in support of the application that included a five
minute film on lacrosse in the FIL. The film highlighted the rules
of the game, action footage from events, and film from various
clinics conducted from our newest countries. The film was
enthusiastically received by the IWGA membership as some
federations had not seen the game of lacrosse previously.

The admission to the IWGA makes the FIL eligible for the 10th
World Games in Wroclaw, Poland in 2017. The IWGA quadrennial event
includes multi-sports from the total membership and is formatted
similar to the Olympics.